Calvin Bailey MBE MP

Hello folks, if you live in Leyton and Wanstead and need help with a local or personal issue, you can contact me in the following ways: ✉️ calvin.bailey.mp@parliament.uk 🌐 calvinbailey.co.uk/get-in-touch ☎️ 0207 219 7417 (Please note that my team and I may not always be available in the office to answer calls immediately, so email is best). Please ensure you provide your address, as we can only assist constituents within the Leyton and Wanstead area. 🏘️ Urgent personal issues will be prioritised over other correspondence. Not sure if I am your MP? 👉 Enter your postcode here: members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP As your MP, I can support you with matters that relate to central government – things like immigration, benefits, the NHS, tax and pensions. If you want to contact us on an immigration issue, please use the immigration form on my website: calvinbailey.co.uk/immigration-qu… 💬If you believe you need a surgery appointment, please email us. My team includes specialised staff who are often best placed to assist with personal enquiries, so a meeting with me may not always be the most effective way to resolve your issue. However, if appropriate, my team will arrange an appointment for you. If your issue relates to local council services – such as bins, housing repairs, or parking – your local councillors will usually be the best place to start. 🚫I cannot help you in private disputes with neighbours, with an employer, with family matters or with companies that have sold you faulty goods, nor can I interfere in legal disputes or with decisions made by the police or the courts. But my team and I will always do our best to point you in the right direction. For more details see: calvinbailey.co.uk/advice My team and I are here to help where we can, and I kindly ask that all communications with my team are conducted respectfully. 🙏 We manage over a thousand pieces of casework each month with a small team, and any abusive language or behaviour will not be tolerated. calvinbailey.co.uk/acceptable-beh… Thank you! 🧡

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating across Leyton and Wanstead! 🌙✨

Last week we held the AGM of the Prostate Cancer APPG I am proud to Chair. In the Chamber a few minutes later, I highlighted the powerful testimonies we’d just heard and called for more focus on prostate cancer action in the run-up to the Men and Boys Health Summit.

Labour is calling on Kemi Badenoch to sack her Shadow Justice Secretary over his appalling online remarks about Muslims. @annaturley has written to the Tory leader👇

Earlier this month, I co-hosted a roundtable with @Ms_Alex_Baker and @Georgia_Gould on SEND support for Armed Forces families. We heard powerful testimonies and discussed the important reforms currently being developed. The Armed Forces Community APPG will be submitting to the consultation to help ensure that service families’ voices are properly heard.

To mark International Women’s Day, the Armed Forces Community APPG joined with the Women in Defence APPG to celebrate women across our Forces, recognising their successes but also the challenges that persist. A big thank you to Colonel Lyndsey Kelly, Commodore Sarah Oakley, and my friend Group Captain Victoria Fulton for sharing their experiences!

£1bn of investment in our young people is truly welcome. It’s so positive that Waltham Forest College hosted the launch of this policy which will direct apprenticeships to the young people who need them most and help create 200,000 jobs.

Awesome to join reps from Space UK at Leytonstone School to talk to year 9 students about the breadth of careers available in the space sector. 👩🏽‍🚀🛰️ It is so important that cutting-edge industries are accessible to young people locally. A big thank you to Head Teacher Julian Onyelekere for help setting this up.

Met with the union Prospect to discuss defence workers’ concerns - from costly MOD‑approved equipment to the challenges of staff development while the sector is in limbo. 🔧 This week @CommonsDefence urged the Govt to publish the DIP and lift spending to 3% of GDP.

So positive to make the best use of the visit of Gabon’s Foreign Minister by hosting UK firms who are investing in Gabon and driving forward shared economic goals. Excellent, focused discussion of priorities that our Commonwealth partnership can unlock. 🇬🇦🇬🇧 W/ @UKinGabon

“If you don’t know what you’re attempting to go and do, you shouldn’t get involved because the consequences and costs will overspill.” Labour MP Calvin Bailey outlines why it was “so important” the UK wasn’t involved in the initial stages of the Iran war. #Newsnight

A wonderful evening at @faizaneislam Centre for their Community Iftar on Sunday! Thank you to Al-Shaykh Ghulam Rabbani for the warm welcome and for bringing together so many people from across our community. Ramadan Mubarak to all those observing. 🌙

The Government has published a new Schools White Paper setting out proposed changes to the system. Before responding to the consultation, I want to hear directly from parents and carers - Join me for a SEND coffee morning on Sat 28th☕️👇 RSVP: calvin.bailey.mp@parliament.uk

The Committee has issued a statement in response to recent developments in the Middle East. Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/24/d…

We can only build stronger communities if we set out a strong, positive message built on true patriotism. We love our country in its diversity and will stand together against the attempts to trash it from destructive racists and divisive politicians. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Very positive to meet with Deputy Foreign Minister of South Africa Alvin Botes at the Commonwealth Flag Raising ceremony today. 🇬🇧🇿🇦 Cooperation with fellow middle powers is vital for UK security and prosperity in these perilous times. @SAHC_UK @ukinsouthafrica @DIRCO_ZA

A delight to welcome Foreign Minister of Gabon H.E. Marie-Edith Tassyla-Doumbeneny to Parliament.  Celebrating our Commonwealth ties and the opportunities they bring. 🇬🇧🤝🇬🇦 W/ @UKinGabon

For decades, women with severe period pain and heavy bleeding have been dismissed by doctors. But for millions, it’s conditions like endometriosis or fibroids going undiagnosed. We must start taking women’s pain seriously. My piece in @DailyMirror 👇🏾 mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Fantastic to visit the @SpaceCommExpo at ExCeL and meet leading UK space companies. As the @CommonsDefence made clear, we must increase defence spending and stop putting our space industry on hold - UK space power is central to European security. 💪🚀

Solidarity on #InternationalWomensDay 💜💪 Celebrating women leaders - from Mozambique businesswomen to Dagenham strikers & Flying Officer Juliette Abson (one of the first female RAF Regiment officers).

In this increasingly complex and insecure world, so many forms of engagement are crucial – defence, trade, development, and diplomacy. No matter the issue, we need the right resources in place to secure UK interests. My intervention on funding for the FCDO 👇